i wish christmas this year was a big deal to me (i am sure i will be sad when it is over.) but seriously EVERYONE has asked what my big plans are for our FIRST christmas together... embarrassed, i have to say 'nothing.' i finally had my mom find a two-foot tree that we finally bought lights for tonight. as in a week before christmas. i once had visions of a decorated house, but the time and effort involved haulted the fruition!
i have a holiday candle. it has yet to be lit. the lights on my dinky tree have not been turned on. i have baby-size ornaments sitting next to the tree. gifts unwrapped in the basement. it may as well be July in my house.
i promise next year i will be better. i am going to buy decorations once they go on sale. maybe if i have all the stuff i will actually put it up!
by next year i hope i will have called the chimney cleaner so we can have a fire. stockings up, a real christmas tree (okay maybe not real because i don't want to clean up the mess) but a DECENT size tree. ornaments, lights, holiday cookies and hot cocoa.
on the decorating front i have ruined our first christmas... at least there is always next year!

and one year is plenty of time to up ideas.